URL address mistakes
More and more business owners are opting for Content Management Systems or eCommerce products. One of the big resulting problems we see more and more is an inadequate URL structure. All too often the URL shown in the address bar has raw parameters, for example www.mydomain.com?prodid=123&opt=2 This technically works but loses you points in the search engine optimisation game. Thus, it is much better to have a human understandable URL, for example www.mydomain.com/menswear/jumpers However,...
Read MoreMarketing Optimised Websites
In any SEO campaign we can get significant gains by getting the website optimised. By optimised we are not talking about a technical web developer just adding some keywords into the address bar URL or some relevant keyword titles, descriptions based on the page content. We are talking about applying marketing principles to each page. Praeparo believes SEO is about actually attaining marketing goals. These goals are not just about traffic but more linked to conversions. So how do we get a...
Read MoreDoes your business look serious?
Does your website get the visitors but closure rate on sales is disappointing? Often this is because any new visitor will want to gain confidence that the organisation behind the website is real and not too risky to do business with. In the offline world you automatically evaluate a company based on physical details like premises, staff politeness, packaging etc. Website visitors need to do the same but they don’t have the physical aspects at hand. Some of the items they look for and thus...
Read MoreWhat do you want to achieve online?
If you just go into creating a website without any business plan you will fail. The first step is consider what type of online presence you want, these fall roughly into 5 categories although a number of websites do offer more than one. e-commerce: provision of products available to purchase online. information: typically help to generate offline sales of services by providing information. brand: focus is to support your brand. portal: provision of news and information around a range of...
Read More3 Click Rule
First of all what is the 3-Click Rule? The thinking is that if any task takes more than 3 clicks to complete, a visitor will not complete the task. It is one of the oldest pillars of website usability design. So is it over emphasised? Although the 3-click rule can make you think about your page hierarchy we believe it is only one of the items you need to consider. Yes if you have a step of tasks then you should be limiting the number of clicks but the major rule is design to what the user wants...
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